Saturday 30 November 2019

Now Parenting: Nov 2019

NOW INTO LEAP 10, the last Leap. Whatever it all means.

Week 71
-Oct 27: Wake with Alexandra, then to hotel pool in Kanata, then family breakfast.
-Home for hour nap then an hour of play; to AL as I pause, then do grading.
-Rejoin, early dinner, I do bed routine at 6:30pm. To bed myself after 10pm.
-Got 1+4 hrs sleep instead of 2+2+1. Alexandra more troubled by Mom's absence.
-I manage some time before bringing little one to daycare. Then busy day.
-Some leaves jumping and new toy play before dinner. Took an evening break.
-Little one awake 6 times between 10:30am and 2am. About 3 hours sleep for me.
-To daycare again. Managed stats review for 4C and updated bias lesson.
-Early pickup by AL at 2pm; home 4pm and end up going to park for a bit.
-Little one has a runny nose; humidifier's been constant in her room for weeks.
-Second degree burn through oven mitt! OW. Slowed down Oct31 decorating.
-AL able to take point for early evening, I managed sleep. Again did drop-off.
-Standard Wednesday. Tried on her costume, she walked lots and ate even more.
-Thurs morn I'm also on point, then photos and Shaggy to school. Snax.
-Thurs eve still rainy (car pickup), playing with me & Mommy to after 6pm.
-Managed pumpkin seed roasting, little else, to bed before 10pm. Up before 12am.
-Alexandra in crib from 12:45am to near 7am! (Restless, I didn't sleep great.)
-Friday I got prep done. Shopping then fun with Mom and Alexandra after work.
-Fri night re-read "Untied", in bed before 10pm. Awake grading by 5am.
-Alexandra in crib from ~8pm-6pm with only one visit for soother! With from 6am.
-Brunch morning, little one walks over 3 blocks herself. I leave at snooze.
-Cafe write-in 1-5pm. I talk to some other WriMos including Uni student, woo.
-Call home today given time change coming up. Little one bit her lip falling.
-Tidy up the writing and do more grading in evening. Then with little one at 12am.
-Lotus Prince, "Fragile Dreams" #8-16

Halloween: Very rainy. 13 people.
(From 2018, 33. From 2017, 8. From 2016, 29.)

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Item counts to Saturday (Nov 2):
Step Count 2016: About 56,900
-Felt good about writing, perused NaNo forums, sent zero emails.

Step Count 2017: Over 54,800 (15 stars)
-On medical leave, SOAP reunion, poor Halloween showing.

Step Count 2018: Over 71,100 (12 stars)
-Long day before Halloween (33 visitors), tried bedtime 7:30pm, NaNo start.

STEP COUNT 2019: Over 71,250. 13 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2019: 95 New (17 sent)
 We have completed DAY 43. 1 PD.
RH Stress Level: 6 (Break Shoot)

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Week 72
-Little one makes it to 6am (aka 7am). I make it to 8am, then find Mom.
-After 10am, do eavestroughs for an hour, then to park for an hour, then lunch.
-At 1pm, head out to Strike Info Meeting with detour for comic.
-Get to write-in at 4pm for half an hour; VP Canterbury there. Word sprint.
-Home after 5pm; they slept for 3 hrs? Play, dinner & bath take until after 7pm.
-Some grading and writing done. Usual 5 hrs interrupted sleep. More grading.
-Work, brief lunch meeting, haircut and manage to pack up hose before pickup.
-Make dinner, pre-Math Meeting online at 8pm. Downstairs after 9:30pm.
-Awake to cries before 4am, so did manage 5+ hrs of straight sleep. Did writing.
-Pockets of stress during the day. New daycare path found after staff meeting.
-Tidied up writing in evening, bed from 10pm. With little one 1am-2am, then mom.
-With us from 2:30am. Kinda slept later, awake by 6am, tidied kitchen.
-Wednesday, DAMN. Colleague passed from cancer and police break up school fight.
-To Dad group with little one 5:30-7:30pm (4 of us there), likes carrot sticks.
-Slept downstairs, got 6 straight hours(!). She had lengthy time in crib.
-Helped us load washer in the morning as addition to her cloth dusting.
-Flu shot had pickup at 3:45pm, quick home break then we all played for an hour.
-Aborted bath removing bandaid, tired evening, a few words and bed after 10pm.
-Dreamt about VIP show, having business cards with 'Beep' for advertising.
-Friday usual business, saw video of fight; I was in more danger than I thought.
-Friday evening OSSTF 100 yr celebration, little one saw reptiles and balloons.
-She stayed awake for 30 min trip home! In crib after 8am. I wrote a bit.
-Mom on point until I took over at 4am. With little one for 2+ hrs from 6:30am.
-To All Day Write In (10-4pm for me). Got 5k words, Poirot group won.
-With Alexandra from 4:45pm to 6pm, she's asleep on bottle. Back to grading.
-Caught up in two classes by 11pm, still need to do all comments, etc.
-Some "Baywatching" from last Jan and AT4W.

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Item counts to Saturday (Nov 9):
Step Count 2016: About 52,000
-ALL the writing, including considerations for restored math comic.

Step Count 2017: Over 60,250 (15 stars)
-Board messed with me as I returned to work. Marking for reports.

Step Count 2018: Over 68,800 (10 stars)
-Grading in car with little one, sicknesses and mostly downstairs sleeping.

STEP COUNT 2019: Over 73,400. 16 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2019: 103 New (14 sent)
 We have completed DAY 48. 1 PD.
RH Stress Level: 8 (Starlight Breaker, Extension)


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Week 73
-Try to do reports in morning, system's down, grade instead to 9am.
-Alexandra time, then shared, then her nap before 1pm and I head to funeral.
-Flu shot after, and to relative's, and then home, and CTP Discord that eve.
-Monday is shorter morning (and duty) for Nov 11. Shirts, lil' writing.
-Then math meeting & minutes. Home before 6:30pm for dinner. Grading.
-Report cards, except with Alexandra 11:45-12:15am & 1:10am-2:25am. Bad dreams?
-Tuesday snow, busses are off, slight shovelling, snowsuit, small classes.
-Able to complete reports & revamp 4C regression task plus Desmos intro.
-Shopping, shovelling, dishes, laundry, to Daycare, little one delayed sleep.
-Wed late wakeup, regular school, hoped to write - distracted & more delayed sleep.
-Thu late wakeup, school with anime, more shovelling and tidying. Minutes sent.
-Bed after 10pm. Friday up with Alexandra from 6-7am. Then PD Day on bias.
-Evening little one wanted Mom time from 5:45pm. Tried 3-Flow bottle for bed.
-Again couple hundred words before bed, my turn for sleep-in Sat morning.
-Group, then I brought Alexandra home, 2 hour long snooze(!) partially leaning.
-Some work downstairs, back up for 5pm, eventually dinner. Did dishes.
-She's also liking the free book from group, french vehicles with flaps.
-Left 7:30pm to find NaNo writers but bowling alley was full. Did shopping.
-Some writing before bed. With Alexandra just before midnight to 12:45am.
-Some SFDebris & WTFIWWY videos.

Item counts to Saturday (Nov 16):
Step Count 2016: About 57,300
-Went to a staff gathering. Started putting NaNo work on Wattpad.

Step Count 2017: Over 61,400 (14 stars)
-Full work week. NaNo at 23k, first TTNexus article, last fertility injection.

Step Count 2018: Over 72,000 (11 stars)
-Forgot food Nov 11, car alignment broke, lost mind, AllDayWriteIn.

STEP COUNT 2019: Over 66,800. 13 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2019: 124 New (18 sent)
 We have completed DAY 53. 2 PD.
RH Stress Level: 5 (ACS Standby)

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Week 74
-3+ hrs with Alexandra from 6:30am. 75 min break to scan BTTF for column.
-Group play until nap before 1pm. Go to write-in, manage over 2k words.
-Phone home (looking behind computer), dinner/bed. I organize Nexus column.
-Update all photos since Nov 1st before bed. Alexandra in bed from 3am.
-Rough night, busy Monday, jacket broke, Mom home early (fall shenanigans).
-Out during bath, routine was ok, Kyra's concert went well.
-Another rough night due to teething. Tues afternoon, headlight fixed.
-Duty during day but did prep with no grading. Laundry video shenanigans.
-Bed before 10pm but up every 2-3 hrs. Lost my patience a bit in morning as
-Math Contest, Teaching, OnCall, Chrome Training, Teaching, lunch at 2:30pm.
-Leant sweatshirt to a curler. Standard evening. Little one joins after 12am.
-Thurs was parent emails, dishes, Write-In from 8pm, then shopping & dinner.
-Fri before 5pm little one took a fall over the edge on her little car. My bad.
-Fri had anime club and much grading in the evening to try and catch up.
-Sat got morning sleep*, tandem play, some marking during group, then home.
-Wouldn't snooze after lunch. Handed me back soother and ran merrily from room.
-Asleep on car ride immediately thereafter to get Mom and buy me a jacket.
-Played outside after 3pm, then did 80 mins of grading. Then play until dinner.
-Left for WriteIn, arrived 8pm. Thought it said 1 star, was what, 30 secs off?!
-Sharks at WriteIn (on Preston). Left to get home for midnight.
-AT4W, SFDebris & LostAdaptation.

Item counts to Saturday (Nov 23):
Step Count 2016: About 59,800
-Lamented my regular schedule of posts that no one seemed to notice.

Step Count 2017: Over 60,500 (14 stars)
-Resuming regular teaching and writing. Discovered Lotus Prince.

Step Count 2018: Over 69,000 (10 stars)
-Math contests, movie, put up outside lights and parents in w/ gifts.

STEP COUNT 2019: Over 67,100. 11 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2019: 137 New (20 sent)
 We have completed DAY 58. 2 PD.
RH Stress Level: 5 (ACS Standby)

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Week 75
-Some chair time after 3am, then with Alexandra 3 hrs from 6:30am. Crash.
-Together time, WriteIn reaching 25k, shopping, together time; she tidies again.
-Takes each of us 40 min to soothe to sleep due to breathing issues from cold.
-After 5+ hours she's awake. Then I get an hour(+), soother then another hour(++).
-Regular Monday with duty. Grading in evening. Sleep, up 7am w/ Alexandra.
-Busy Tuesday. Felt off by evening, fortunately Mom home early. Slept downstairs.
-Wednesday little one went to stroller walk at mall. Definitely have a cold.
-Downstairs again. Thursday had lunch protest walk and food delivery 5:30pm.
-Alexandra knocked head into washer before delivery, looked at sheets after.
-Thurs eve, another write-in. Shopping problems. Again downstairs to sleep.
-Duty, anime, quick shopping, family basement play. Finished Lotus and did writing.
-Alexandra slept from 11am past 5am solo. Mom with her in morning, then brunch.
-Alexandra had two toast and some bacon and potatoes from her own meal.
-Let me clip nails on toes & fingers when home. Nap required sucking and music.
-Went out after 2.5 hr nap to park before it got dark. Then much play to 7pm.
-Trouble sleeping again; I leave for 9pm write-in until midnight. Get my 3k.
-Lotus Prince, "Fragile Dreams" #17-21 (final)

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Item counts to Saturday (Nov 30):
Step Count 2016: About 55,230
-Had responses to my lament of posts that no one seemed to notice.

Step Count 2017: Over 67,400 (16 stars)
-WriteIns, musical rehearsal, procrastination on grading/review writing.

Step Count 2018: Over 72,000 (10 stars)
-Little one photo & protest, cut self cleaning dishes, first use of aspirator.

STEP COUNT 2019: Over 71,850. 14 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2019: 102 New (24 sent)
 We have completed DAY 63. 2 PD.
RH Stress Level: 4 (Accel Shooter)


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CONSTANT TO-DO LIST:
 -2019 Banner for TPolys
 -Write a TANDQ article on Polling and Bias
 -Write a post about types of praise/encouragement
 -Catching up with web serials/comics (from ~August 2018)
 -Read some of the books sitting at my desk